BASS & WALLEYE BOATS Magazine
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:15 pm
I used to read a magazine called "Bass and Walleye" boats; it went out of business a few years back. One of the things that I really loved about this magazine is that they did side by side comparisons of outboard engines, using the same boat hull. They would perform test on each engine and then compare the the data. I seem to not be able to find anything like this on the internet.
I have found individual reports of owners of outboard on message boards, and I have seen testing reports of new outboards with little data, but not test comparisons. The data that IS out there really doesn't matter because test are never done on the same boat and same conditions.
In particular I would like to see test comparison and data reports on newer 300-HP Mercury, Suzuki, Evinrude and Yamaha outboard engines.
The article Jimh did on the Evinrude 140 was the most interesting and informative report I have seen on an outboard in a while from any publication. Are there any resources out there on outboard like that one Jim did and also test comparisons of any outboards period on the same hull?
Are outboard manufacturers no longer wanting their engine to be tested side-by-side?
What ever happen to the days of outboard manufactures trying to outdo each other in performance, like how car manufactures have always done?
Archie
I have found individual reports of owners of outboard on message boards, and I have seen testing reports of new outboards with little data, but not test comparisons. The data that IS out there really doesn't matter because test are never done on the same boat and same conditions.
In particular I would like to see test comparison and data reports on newer 300-HP Mercury, Suzuki, Evinrude and Yamaha outboard engines.
The article Jimh did on the Evinrude 140 was the most interesting and informative report I have seen on an outboard in a while from any publication. Are there any resources out there on outboard like that one Jim did and also test comparisons of any outboards period on the same hull?
Are outboard manufacturers no longer wanting their engine to be tested side-by-side?
What ever happen to the days of outboard manufactures trying to outdo each other in performance, like how car manufactures have always done?
Archie